Apensen

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Apensen within Stade district

53°26′09″N 09°36′56″E / 53.43583°N 9.61556°E / 53.43583; 9.61556CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictStade Municipal assoc.ApensenSubdivisions2Government

• MayorFrank Buchholz (FW)Area

• Total20.74 km² (8.01 sq mi)Elevation

39 m (128 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total4,535 • Density220/km² (570/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

21641

Dialling codes04167Vehicle registrationSTDWebsitewww.apensen.de

Apensen is a municipality southwest of Hamburg (Germany). Apensen has a population of about 3,000, the area of 20.74 km² and belongs to the district Stade, Lower Saxony.

It belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1823 the Duchy was abolished and its territory became part of the Stade Region.

Apensen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Apensen.

Twin towns

Apensen is twinned with

Kolbuszowa in Poland

References

^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

Towns and municipalities in Stade (district)